I thought the recent post on CEO Reviews from VC Seth Levine was pretty eye-opening.
Being a CEO is great, but the job comes with a lot of responsibility and pressure. Just look at the suggested format for CEO reviews:
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Rate performance on a 1-5 scale, 1 being least favorable and 5 being most favorable; […]

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I found a great quote today from an entrepreneur-turned-sales trainer Tom Black that I thought was very useful.  It has to do with setting goals, which is one of most important things an organization or individual can do to drive company or personal growth.
Something I’ve often experienced with goal setting is that when people set big, […]

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I’m a member of EO - if  you are a small business owner, you should be too.  It is a great organization with fantastic resources, including their member’s magazine, Octane.  In their recent addition I came across a great article by an EO member and the founder of The Accountability Company.
The premise behind the company […]

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This article came in the Duct Tape Marketing newsletter published by John Jantsch. I thought it was a great one!
The Ultimate Secret to Business Growth
 
Change is the ultimate secret to business growth

I talk to business owners every day that want to take their businesses to the next level, but are puzzled as to […]

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“There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment, and you start to decline.”

– Andy Grove, Intel CEO

Thank you to Brian Tracy for sending this out in his daily newsletter!
Andy Grove was an amazing CEO […]

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The title of this blog is to be read in your best flight attendant’s voice, in case you didn’t get it!
They say that “it takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and only a minute to destroy one”.
I was thinking about this today in terms of one’s career reputation.  I think it’s a shame how […]

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It’s amazing…I’ve been struggling along for several months now with a laptop that was well past its prime (I also loaded a ton of unnecessary junk on it as well - that could have something to do with it!), and I was growing very frustrated with the time I spent each day waiting for my computer.
Start […]

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The Sport of Business
By Mark Cuban

Mar 12th 2005 12:58AM
The Sport of Business.
I can’t go more than a week without shooting baskets. There is something about the feel of the ball coming off my hand, and the sound of the ball going through the net. It just feels good.
If I’m just standing in the gym, […]

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As a founder of a company and its CEO, I think every entrepreneur probably comes to a point where they are wondering what exactly their responsibilities are:
Am I an entrepreneur or a CEO?  Or both?
I don’t think most entrepreneurs think of themselves as CEOs.  CEOs are professional managers…it’s a job.  Entrepreneurs are visionaries that start things […]

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